Mazzaro's Specialty Tomahawk Steak

Well, you don't even have to go to the trough anymore to get a nice cut of a Tomahawk steak. We've got Fox 13's Ariel Plasencia joining us at Mazzaro's in St. Pete, where they are selling their own. Ariel, have you gotten to take a chomp out of one yet? Good morning. It's nice breakfast. Yeah, Regina, that's certainly the goal. I don't care if it's one in the morning or 11:30. A Tomahawk's always a good idea, right? I mean, that sounds delicious. And that's exactly why we're here at Mazzaro's Italian Market. We're only about two miles away from the trough, and look what we have here. This is Michael Murphy here, the butcher at Mazzaro's. Michael, how are we feeling? Fantastic. Let's go raise. That's exactly right. And look at this beautiful piece of meat. My goodness. Tell us about this cut, the tomahawk. So the tomahawk is a ribeye with the bone attached. You see here, this is a beautiful one. You're going to see perfect marbling in here, a nice Spinalis cap. This steak right here looks unapproachable, but once you get it at home and you put it on your grill, you're going to fall in love. There's plenty of people all over Tampa Bay that have been eating tomahawks for years in this place. To see Yandy come out and do it the other night was really cool. Absolutely. And I know that you guys sell tomahawks all the time, but you posted on social media about obviously wanting to celebrate like Yandy. What's the customer feedback and response been? Oh, everybody's coming out to see these now. We've been blowing through them all week. Everybody's really excited about the Rays. They want to join in the celebration, get themselves their own tomahawk, which we have plenty of right down here. Definitely. And you were saying that people were coming in, trying to ask questions about them, maybe considering them. And, sir, do you mind if we talk to you? I saw you looking at the tomahawks over here. I saw that tomahawk, and I've been looking at that, too, because I've been seeing them eating them at the game on TV. That's right. What's your name, sir? Mike. Mike Muley. Mike. Mike. Thanks for joining us here live on Tampa Bay Live. So, tomahawks, you thinking about buying one? They look pretty good. That's not a bad price. $19.99 a pound. I mean, that's a really good deal. And they got great fresh meats here. I come to Mazzaro's for years. I'm coming in for some good wine too but definitely for the game Wine goes good with steak Yeah, are you going to the game tonight? Possibly, my best friend hopefully his son will get me a ticket for free, that would be even better That would be even better and then hopefully a Rays win and then you celebrate with a Tomahawk I watched the whole game, yes It was incredible, hopefully they win tonight and they keep winning, that's what we need Yes, win That's the goal, well thank you so much for your time I'll let you keep considering your choices here Michael, let's bring you back in here to talk about the tomahawk. Now, I would love to know how to cook it, cuz I'm sure you heard Yandy how he likes his tomahawk medium well. Thoughts on that? He likes it medium well. Yandy likes it medium well. I would say the perfect temperature for a tomahawk steak is 135 degrees in the middle, which is close to medium well. You wanna make sure you get all this nice basting fat rendered. You see this right in here? That's the added flavor that comes right from the cow. So he's not doing the wrong thing. He's definitely doing a good job with it. Any temperature you wanna cook it to though, that's your preference. I'm sure that they're just as delicious as rare as they are at that midwell. Ariel, can I ask a question? He keeps hitting that ball like that. That's exactly right. Yeah, Regina, what you got? I have a question because obviously Yandy Diaz, that steak is as big as his guns. He probably could attack one by himself. But how many people does this typically feed one tomahawk? Say that one more time, Regina. I want to know how many people that cut of meat that he's holding could technically feed because I know Yandy Diaz can kill one by himself. Regina said, Yandy can eat this entire thing by himself, but how many people is this going to feed? We definitely recommend bringing a friend. They go up to four people. You want to do about eight ounces per person. These go two and a half to three pounds. So depending on how much you like the meat and how much you like your company, that'll tell you how many people you can feed. That's right. That's right. And listen, I know you guys have been packed all week. And today, I mean, we've seen everybody coming into the store. Admittedly, though, you've had some Brewers fans come in here. Have they been getting the Tomahawks or have they been buying? No, no, no. We have a great cheese department. We have a little cheese cave back there. That's where the Brewers fans have been mostly. Okay, okay. So cheese for the Brewers fans, Tomahawks for the Rays fans. Thank you so much for your time. Just what's the message to the Rays fans? Obviously, I know everyone stayed up late. They're coming in here. They're looking for lunch. looking for something to celebrate what's your message protein come on come get your tomahawk we got the protein the go rays absolutely thank you so much for your time michael we appreciate it we appreciate it regina thoughts tomahawks sound good for lunch right um tomahawks and then actually i wanted to add sorry ariel i'm just like my stomach's growling and i'm asking these questions out of pure hunger what is good to eat with a tomahawk steak are we talking a little mozzarella a good salad what Are some good sides any uh recommendations on what would go good with this. You're eating this and you're still hungry. You want some other things to go with it. Thoughts. Oh, we have plenty of things here. We have plenty of roasted vegetables, potatoes, everything like that. We got roasted fingerlings and some Parmesan cauliflower. You could grab those and pop them in the oven. By the time this is done, you got your whole meal cooked up for you around here. We do it soup to nuts. Start to finish. You can start raw or we can prepare something for you. We've got you covered. Definitely no cheese though. No cheese. No cheese with your- No cheese on tomahawk, thank you. Good to know, and then Ariel, I'm so sorry, one more question. If we see another game that goes 12 innings, how do we handle leftovers of a tomahawk? Are leftovers wishful thinking? Leftovers, leftovers of the tomahawk? I mean, I don't know, when the Rays win, there aren't gonna be any leftovers, right? There shouldn't be many leftovers, there shouldn't be. But if you wanted to grab a little crème fraîche, I do enjoy steak and caviar, and nicely finished steak with a little crème fraîche and caviar. That's a beautiful finish and we can do that too. That does not sound bad. I love it. Ariel, thank you so much. Thank you to our fabulous butcher. We appreciate you. I'm starving. We will talk to you soon, my friend. Have fun out there. Go do some shopping and eat some steak for us.